Oct. 19, 2013

Demarius Reed, 20, fell in love with football as a child and was a star at EMU. / Jonathan Knight

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Detroit Free Press Staff Writer

Ypsilanti Police are seeking to interview people who attended a party late Thursday and early Friday morning at an apartment complex near Eastern Michigan University where the body of EMU football player Demarius Reed was discovered Friday morning.

Reed was found dead at 7:15 a.m. Friday at the University Green Apartment complex near the intersection of LeForge and Clark roads north of EMU. Police said he was shot to death after a possible robbery attempt.

“Investigators are looking for anyone that attended the ‘after party,’” EMU officials said today in a message to the campus community on the university’s website and Facebook page.

Police said the party took place at 773 Green Road, Apt. 104 in the Ypsilanti apartment complex.

Anyone who attended the party or knows someone who was there was asked to call Detective Joseph Yuhas at 734-368-8780 or Detective Annette Coppock at 734-368-8776. Tips can be submitted at 734-483-9510.